Portions detached to form Waldo Township in 1904 and Luray Township in 1906.

Grant Township

Russell

186

Organized from part of Lincoln Township in 1907.

Lincoln Township

Russell

150

Part detached to organize Grant Township in 1907.

Luray Township

Russell

258

Organized from part of Fairview Township in 1906.

Paradise Township

Russell

166

Plymouth Township

Russell

280

Russell (city)

Russell

4,506

Russell Township

Russell

82

Waldo Township

Russell

78

Organized from part of Fairview Township in 1904.

Winterset Township

Russell

67

Smaller cities and towns in Kansas are included within the surrounding township.
However, cities of the first and second class (generally, those with more than
2,000 inhabitants) are administratively separate and independent of any township.